Latest Contributions by AmirBar-Maor

Hi Jeff, With the new Traverse tool in Pro 1.3 you can specify your POB. Because every course is a feature in Pro, you can define an editing template for the connection lines from the commencement point to the point of beginning, then specify the POB (as Closing Point) and then enter the boundary lines that already know where they have to close. The closing of the traverse can also be done automatically based on a distance tolerance you configure. Amir ... View more

A new web application called "Parcel Drafter" will be released in a couple of months. It will use line and polygon feature services (hosted from ArcGIS Online or from your on premise ArcGIS Server). We will demo it on the Land Records Meetup ... View more

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We would love to get your feedback on the Traverse functionality in the current release (1.3) as well as future releases. We are not sure the re-ordering of courses will make it to the next release (1.4) but it is on our road map for traverse. We can rephrase "saving a polygon for each traverse" to "every polygon (parcel) has it's own set of lines". That is also on the orad map for parcel editing in Pro. BTW - using python one can easily select lines and export them to multiple formats, including a text file. Reading tabular information and populating a traverse is part of the future SDK capabilities. Thanks, Amir ... View more

Thanks Sarah, So if I understand it correctly the text files were used to save lengthy description and pick it up / modify an error at a later time. In Pro, each course is saved as a 2 point line feature. The next release of Pro (1.4) will also allow you to select any sequence of courses and modify them as a traverse. Given that option would you still need to save them as a text file? Thanks, Amir ... View more

Hello Sarah, Could you please share with us what is the source of the text file you are trying to read from? Or are you trying to save it to a text file and then read from the saved text file? If it is the latter, the COGO values are stored on the COGO fields as soon as you save your edits. Are you using the text file as a backup to your geodatabase? Thanks, Amir ... View more

The parcel fabric does support overlapping parcels from the same type (e.g. historic tax parcels) or different parcel types (e.g. subdivisions and tax parcels). If you have unintended overlaps and gaps it could be due to the following reasons: It was always a problem and migrated that way - in this case consider remigrating the data. Having good data integrity and vertical alignment between parcels is highly recommended for data migration. There is a variety of tools and procedures you can apply to your data prior to data migration depending on your source data. Missing line points - After data migration we recommend running the merge courses tool to create line points. After line points are created, you will not see a gap/overlap a line that has other parcel corners along it moves ("T junctions without breaking the line). Bad Join links - if a join line of any type is missed you might see overlaps and gaps when any of the parcels move. the fix is easy - use rejoin to create and link that was missed. You can also contact technical support to work on your specific issue Amir ... View more

It certainly depends on the amount and extent of data you are adjusting as well as on the number of displacment vectors that got created in your parcel fabric. If you think it takes too long please contact technical support. If you created data outside of the spatial extent by mistake, it can also have negative impact on the associated features adjustment. Amir ... View more

Hi Katherine, There are a few options: 1. Best option: have all departments ./ agencies working on the same parcel fabric. With this option everybody are always in vertical alignment, no setup is needed. Downside: requires everybody to be on the same network and/or host the geodatabase and clients on the cloud (which is basically a shared network) 2. If you are only interested in the vertical alignment and not so much on the data the other agency is creating, you can populate a global ID on all the points and then share the parcel fabric between the agencies. From now on the parcel points can be published as a feature service and consumed using in ArcMap. Use the Fabric Point Move To Feature Add-in to move parcel points when they get updated between the parcel fabrics. 3. Geodatabase replication - this requires more effort to setup (network, permission, identical schemas) as well getting rid of relationship classes between parcel fabric classes. It also requires some one to physically sync and handle any conflicts. If both agencies are already on the same network they might as well use the first approach. With geodatabase versioning and appropriate QA processes in place the need for replication is questionable. ... View more

Task designer allow to specify and make a layer the only visible / selectable .. etc. The requirement is to keep this setting even if new layers are being added to the table of content that were not present during the task design time. ... View more

Another path is to just alias the field names on the layer. After all it is the layer the users are interacting with. This will work only where the purpose of the field meets the requirements. For example you can alias the 'Name' field to be called ' APN' or 'PIN' or 'Lot Number' etc. based on the layer it is used in. Another place to configure is the display field on the layer. If the field is missing - your solution is great and you can append any field that you find missing and than configure layers to show the correct fields (visible, order, highlight, alias). You are also welcome to suggest which fields should be appended if you think they could apply to other local governments on Esri Arcgis Ideas | Ideas Submission Portal . Thanks, Amir ... View more

Hello Mike, Please contact tech. support when ever you think you encountered a bug and\or you question if you follow the correct workflow. We did have a bug in one of the older releases where associated feature adjustment only worked for the first time you ran it on a file geodatabase and then stopped working. If you are using an older release try upgrading to 10.3.1 + the general maintenance patch. Amir ... View more

You can create as many parcel fabric layers as you need. Steps: In ArcMap select a layer --> Right click and 'Save as Layer File' Press the add data and add the layer file (*.LYR) Change the layer properties: name, definition query, symbology, editing templates, labeling... While the layer will not show up as part of the composite group layer, you can treat it as any other layer. Amir ... View more

The parcel workflows require the local government editing solution map as well as the local government information model. In the catalog window right click on the parcel fabric --> Enable information model. Then drag and drop the parcel fabric into an empty map. Assuming you have calculated the 'type' field on your parcels you should see parcels in your map. The parcel workflows should work now. Amir ... View more

Hello Raj et al, I would recommend using a parcel fabric. Every polygon has it's own set of lines and you will get many more benefits from it. The Land Records meetup has a whole session about printing maps using Data Driven Pages and dynamic elements (once you are a member open this page). After you watch the technical session you can download the Tax Parcel Map Book that is a part of the solution and use it as template. Everything you are trying to do can be achieved without writing any code and in a couple of hours (excluding layout design) Please also note that any dimension you show on the line converted from the polygon will be the inversed geometry using the GRID (projection) spatial reference that will not match the actual distance on the ground nor the legal document. If you want to do this correctly you have to use the parcel editing tools and a parcel fabric that are part of ArcGIS Desktop. Amir ... View more